New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
AGAINST THE REV. MR. WARD.
cu.NoR Of FEELING IN ENaLEwooD.


osowINa BELIEF THAT he MUST LIAv. nn -"
IN r,,r cuuRcH-NOT YET OUT OF DANGER
m. ..vu,.on of feeling Ia Englewood against the
- ~, Ward il now complete. The theory OF tenn
insanity with which his friends ct fret sought
L ever over his attempt to kill bis wife and daughter
Il. heep shattered entirely by the recent damaging
.h.,ees OF his wites relatives. The rector himseif
4. no condition, either mental or physical to make
.t.tsment of his side OF the case now. Meanwhile
ZANE rumors of his uistreatment not ONLY OF TINS
via but Of his other wives; OF his vagarles, oao
temper and unce.ical indugences are ahost on every
n him and refuse to say word In his defence anu
whether prosecution Is begun or not against nh,, ~
hPian that as quickly as he RECEIVERS 10 WIZ now
Leave r.n knows nothing of COURSE Of the
eharges made by mis- wife He has oeeh 1nspCntsd
for some days however 9ai ss srst questions to the
,.cr INC on The morning after the affair." IT Is SAID
vSs Do YOU think they will prosecute NE ,o rd NJ.
Ono: ar twice after that he asked how Mr. ana MIS-
VnoS u W. teit toward him. The doctors told HIM
thss he whole thing looked on as an
accident and bearing TINS ne osoamO Ss,re TO
10y IN. newspspers and ~anted to know particularly
what they had said about him He was put on how SsS
smosen kindly about him personally explaining bis
strange actoas as the freaks OF an iniane man. All
@ sSohsa his Ss TO
With Mrs Hibbard that they broke out again III Iuli
force He had quite recovered yesterday from the
excitement and anger into which the noWs OF ms
vifes departure threw him on Tuesday. He still re-
monstrated with the pLyscians about It, and called
Il brutal act ond device to njure him ON the part
His condition. Dr. Baldwin said, was apparently
unchanged yesterday. He was certainly no worse,
though at critical stage in the case. he was sun
greatly worried mentally and could get nttle or no
Seep except under the influence OF mcrphia- But
The wound doing well and there we're no signs OF
Tho blood-poisoning which had been feared. me
chances were, on the whole, that the clergyman
would get we'll
One Of Mr.. Wards friends, member OF St. PsnIs
Church, said that tho charges made by the rectors
wife a surprise and shock to most OF the coaere
ration. No one, OF course, but Mrs Wards relatives
would be likely TO know OF any domestic dincuIues:
All had seemed smooth on the surface before, out
was next to Impossible to doubt that the charges OF
mistrestment, or of them 1t least, were true.
Mr.. Wards record was all against him. his temper
was violent aud his talk aud actions were oiten 90.
centric. And who could call up his wife three
or four times in the night to look tor trifng things
and think nothing OF it-for Mrs Ward nad spoken OF
these interruptions as matter p1 course,"aSg ger
ta.nly anything but q considerable husband. There
vas only one thing for Mr.. Ward to do now-to leave
the church and Engle wood as soon as possible Inc
congregation had to look at the affair IN one Oh tMo
WIFE, or he fred at her deliberately In burst OF
anger. If he subject to fits OF insanity, he ought
TO be in an asylum. IT he committed real assault
he should be prosecuted and sent to prison.
The St. Pans vestry Is looking fVrW ard already to
making some permanent arrangement Tor the Parisn.
The question which perplexes most OF the vestymeh
now is how to get Mr. Ward to resign. ut IS all in
hie own hands," said OF them yesterday. we
can't force him to resign by any action OF resolution.
he il our pastor STILL and though we can stay away
from church and stop paving pew-rents, We Cannot
rst rid Of him ofhand. He may be stubborn or ugly
about Iesgping. but the church will be Impossible
any longer with Mr.. Ward as rector"
Mr. Ward before the shooting had arranged for
series of Thursday evening lectures by other clergy
men during Lent The Rev. Dr. Charles l.. TIFFANY,
Of Zion Church, New-York, on his list tor last
night The Rev. Nj. Boggs has charge OF the regular
Lenten services which have been going ON this week
o. usual
Mrs. Ward will probably make her home for some
time at ex-Judge vanderpoels house. No. west
exteenth-st. She lived with the ex-Judges family
before she was married and :he wedding took place
last August in Mr. Vanderpoers country-houso at
Undertook Mrs. Ward was much better Yesterday
She has recovered altogether IRON the shock OF the
shooting ten DAYS ago and the wound in her cheek is
healing rapidly 1t will leave nothing but scar the
doctors say TIE change from the Englcwood rectory
With its depressing associations has had marked
effect On Mrs Wards condition. She is cheerful now
and has lost all Of her anxiety and nervousness
Ex-Judge VanderpOel Was in Albany. yesterday.
His son. Augustus II. vanderpoel, OF the firm OF
Vanderpoel, Green & Cunning. said that no further
statement would be given out on the part OF Mrs.
Wards relatives. Vanderpoel, Green & Cunning
would probably aid in the case II 1t came into court
Matters W puld have to tor the present until Mr.
Ward recovered or, at least, was out OF danger Mr.
Vanderpoel would not say whether or not Mrs. Ward
intended to apply for divorce.